'Happy stranger,' said the king, 'whoever you are, I will keep my
word, and give you my daughter to marry; though, from what I see in
you, it is impossible for me to believe that you are really what
you appear to be, and would have me believe you.'
Prince Camaralzaman thanked the king in the most humble tones, that
he might the better show his gratitude. 'As for my person,' said
he, 'I must own I am not an astrologer, as your majesty very
judiciously guessed; I only put on the habit of one, that I might
succeed more easily in my ambition to be allied to the most potent
monarch in the world. I was born a prince, and the son of a king
and queen; my name is Camaralzaman; my father is Schahzaman, who
now reigns over the islands that are well known by the name of the
Islands of the Children of Khaledan.' He then told him his history.
When the prince had done speaking, the king said to him, 'This
history is so extraordinary that it deserves to be known to
posterity; I will take care it shall be; and the original being
deposited in my royal archives, I will spread copies of it abroad,
that my own kingdoms and the kingdoms around me may know it.'
The marriage was solemnized the same day, and the rejoicings for it
were universal all over the empire of China.
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